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Nov

16

Stitching out in the open

November 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Janet Perry of Nuts About Needlepoint blog reminds us that Stitch in Public Day is the first Saturday in February. Find out all about it from Janet’s post. And promote the craft you love. Stitch right out in the open. I’m thinking Barnes & Noble with a big cup of delicious coffee at my elbow…
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Nov

13

Meet Amy Milne on Women on Quilts

November 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Women on Quilts‘ next interview will be Monday, November 17, with Amy Milne, executive director of The Alliance for American Quilts. Blog-owner Kimberly Wulfert says, “In this interview, Amy will tell us what it takes to run a successful non-profit quilt organization in today’s culture and quilt market.” For details about how to subscribe (free!), [...]

Nov

1

Birthday greetings to Shining Needle Society

November 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Gay Ann Rogers shares this news:
Today is Shining Needle Society’s First Birthday. A year ago today Kate Gaunt and Marie-Therese Baker opened Shining Needle Society’s first classroom and invited 200 people from my Yahoo chatroom to join. In the last year Shining Needle Society has grown to 2000 stitcher-members and daily it continues to grow…For [...]

Oct

29

Inside scoop on ArtFiberFest

October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Ruth Rae of Let the Beauty We Love… blog got to teach at and participate in this year’s ArtFiberFest, and she’s sharing some of her experiences on her blog. If this doesn’t make you jealous, nothing will. Let’s all plan to show up at the event next year!
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Oct

25

More October craftiness

October 25, 2008 | 1 Comment

Late but luscious, nevertheless:
(1) Snippety Gibbet pointed us to this most excellent widget for making snowflakes, which is assured to put all of us behind in our work.
(2) Marie of Make and Takes blog reminded us about her pattern for a spooky spider card.
(3) Heidi of NeedleNecessities blog showed us her rendition of Debbie Mumm’s [...]

Oct

24

Tardy but tasty

October 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Here are a few more posts that are tardy but still tempting. In early October…
(1) karinrebekah of stitch spectacular blog showed us the phenomenal stitchery of Scott Ellegood.
(2) Terri Stegmiller of StegArt tuted us on creating handpainted fabrics like the ones she uses in her art quilts.
(3) craftapalooza of whip up blog pointed us to [...]

Oct

23

Still catching up

October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Here’s some more cool stuff that got posted in September, in case (like me) you missed it the first time around.
(1) Lauren Brandy of Pimp Stitch made a point about needles.
(2) Janet Wickell of About.com shared an excellent pattern for a Bear’s Paw quilt block.
(3) Patty of Pip Stitch gave us lots of pin cushion [...]

Oct

21

Lacemaking at Maker Faire

October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Rachel Hobson, aka Average Jane Crafter, has been blogging all the news from Maker Faire Austin for Craftzine.com. Now that the event is over, Rachel is catching us up on all the crazy activity with some in-depth posts about some of the participants. First up: the Austin Lacemakers Guild. Get the details.
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Oct

16

Volunteer to help EQ in Houston

October 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment

From the EQ blog:
Are you EQ savvy? Are you going to be in Houston this year? We are looking for volunteer helpers in the classes. You would be a *quiet* helper for those who fall behind, rush ahead or to just need help keeping on track during class…If you are interested and would like to [...]

Oct

15

Quilt online with Rachel

October 15, 2008 | 1 Comment

Rachel Biel Taibi of Rayela Art and Rayela’s Fiber Focus blog is starting a new adventure. She’s teaching two online quilting courses in November. The classes, Window to the World and Sew My Self, are four weeks (about 40 hours) each.
“Both classes,” Rachel says, “are aimed at helping people break out of patterns and kits [...]

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